l9n/ Oregon

2025 Regular Session

Senate Bill 598

Requires certain health insurance providers to ensure that coverage for a nonopioid prescription drug is available as an alternative for an opioid prescription drug and to use the same utilization review requirements and cost-sharing provisions for opioid and nonopioid drugs when they are prescribed for the same treatment.

Became law as Chapter 536, Oregon Laws 2025, signed July 17, 2025, 185 days after it was filed. In force from January 1, 2026.

What it does

The synopsis the Legislative Assembly published with the bill.

Digest: Tells some health insurers to cover a nonopioid drug alternate for an opioid drug with the same rules. Tells the PTC to add to their suggestions a nonopioid drug alternate for an opioid drug with the same rules. (Flesch Readability Score: 60.6). Requires certain health insurance providers to ensure that coverage for a nonopioid prescription drug is available as an alternative for an opioid prescription drug and to use the same utilization review requirements and cost-sharing provisions for opioid and nonopioid drugs when they are prescribed for the same treatment. Requires the Pharmacy and Therapeutics Committee to include nonopioid prescription drug alternatives to opioid prescription drugs with the same utilization review requirements when making recommendations to the Oregon Health Authority for the preferred drug list and Practitioner-Managed Prescription Drug Plan.

Sponsors

Who carried the bill in each chamber, and who signed on. Each name leads to the member's page.

In the Senate

1 co-sponsor

Deb Patterson

In the House of Representatives

    5 co-sponsors

    Dacia Grayber, Travis Nelson, Rob Nosse, Emerson Levy, Willy Chotzen

    Its course

    January 13 to July 25, 2025, on one scale. In the top row each mark is a day something happened; taller marks are busier days.

    Each committee stop sits inside its chamber.

    Every action23 actions on 16 days

    In the SenateJan 13 to Jun 23161 days

    Waiting for a committeeJan 13 to Jan 174 days

    Health CareJan 17 to Apr 1588 days

    Ways and MeansApr 15 to Jun 7 · moved on53 days

    Human ServicesJun 7 to Jun 12 · moved on5 days

    Ways and MeansJun 12 to Jun 197 days

    In the House of RepresentativesJun 23 to Jun 263 days

    Waiting for a committeeJun 23 to Jun 230 days

    Ways and MeansJun 23 to Jun 252 days

    With the GovernorJun 26 to Jul 1721 days

    Votes

    Yeas to nays, as the Legislative Assembly recorded them. Committee votes are set in.

    • Senate, third reading23–6

      Passed · Jun 23 · 1 present

    • House of Representatives, third reading45–3

      Passed · Jun 26 · 12 present

    Amendments

    Each amendment offered, and what became of it.

    • Senate committee amendmentAdopted

      Adopted Apr 15

    • Senate committee amendmentAdopted

      Adopted Jun 19

    Text

    Each version as the Legislative Assembly printed it.

    l9n doesn't hold this bill's text yet.

    What happened

    In l9n's words, one line for each step. Every action as the Legislative Assembly published it is below.

    In the Senate Jan 13 – Jun 23

    1. Jan 13Introduced
    2. Jan 17Sent to Health Care
    3. Mar 11Heard in Health Care
    4. Apr 8Heard in Health Care
    5. Apr 15Health Care recommended it as amended, and that it go to Ways and Means
    6. Sent to Ways and Means
    7. Jun 7Sent to Human Services Subcommittee
    8. Jun 12Heard in Human Services Subcommittee
    9. Returned to Ways and Means
    10. Jun 17Heard in Ways and Means
    11. Jun 19Ways and Means recommended it as amended
    12. Jun 20Read a second time
    13. Jun 23Passed the Senate, 23 to 6

    In the House of Representatives Jun 23 – Jun 26

    1. Jun 23Arrived in the House of Representatives
    2. Sent to Ways and Means
    3. Jun 25Ways and Means recommended it
    4. Read a second time
    5. Jun 26Passed the House of Representatives, 45 to 3

    To the Governor Jun 27 – Jul 25

    1. Jun 27Signed in the Senate
    2. Signed in the House of Representatives
    3. Jul 17Signed by the Governor
    4. Jul 25Became chapter 536 of Oregon Laws 2025
    5. In force from January 1, 2026
    All 23 actions, as published
    1. Jan 13Introduction and first reading. Referred to President's desk.Senate
    2. Jan 17Referred to Health Care.Senate
    3. Mar 11Public Hearing held.Senate
    4. Apr 8Work Session held.Senate
    5. Apr 15Recommendation: Do pass with amendments and be referred to Ways and Means. (Printed A-Eng.)Senate
    6. Apr 15Referred to Ways and Means by order of the President.Senate
    7. Jun 7Assigned to Subcommittee On Human Services.Senate
    8. Jun 12Work Session held.Senate
    9. Jun 12Returned to Full Committee.Senate
    10. Jun 17Work Session held.Senate
    11. Jun 19Recommendation: Do pass with amendments to the A-Eng. bill. (Printed B-Eng.)Senate
    12. Jun 20Second reading.Senate
    13. Jun 23Third reading. Carried by Campos. Passed.Senate
    14. Jun 23First reading. Referred to Speaker's desk.House of Representatives
    15. Jun 23Referred to Ways and Means.House of Representatives
    16. Jun 25Recommendation: Do pass.House of Representatives
    17. Jun 25Second reading.House of Representatives
    18. Jun 26Third reading. Carried by Grayber. Passed.House of Representatives
    19. Jun 27President signed.Senate
    20. Jun 27Speaker signed.House of Representatives
    21. Jul 17Governor signed.Senate
    22. Jul 25Chapter 536, 2025 Laws.Senate
    23. Jul 25Effective date, January 1, 2026.Senate